There is the Focus14 Blue braille display, which I have. It's available
in the UK and ireland, so presumably it's available in europe also. No
problem with it staying connected while in use, with iOS7.1.2.
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From: "Annie Skov Nielsen" <annieskovniel...@gmail.com>
To: <viphone@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Friday, October 10, 2014 1:23 PM
Subject: Re: Questions about Using a Braille display with an I-Device
Hi all.
I like using my phone for taking notes together with a braille display.
It depends on how you have set up your braille display if it will go to
sleep.
It also depends on how many cells a display needs to have.
I tend to recommend a 32 cells display from human ware (Brailliant 32
bi) this display has in my opinion only one drawback, it can sometimes
lose the connection to the phone while typing, this is a problem, but
one of the only problems that I have. Braille edge, u2 and focus are
better at staying connected, but in my opinion both braille edge and
focus are to long, and focus has also a problem when you wants to go to
the next display line. I guess you are from the u.s. and there are some
other displays available.
In IOS 8 it works really well to read books from ibooks with the braille
display. I guess it also still works fine from bookshare, if read2go
does not work anymore voicedream do, and voicedream is really great with
a braille display.
Best regards Annie.
Den 10/10/2014 kl. 12.13 skrev Brett <brettst...@gmail.com>:
Hi,
I often use my braille display to take notes in meetings at Work. It
works quite well, as long as your not too worried about formatting. If
you haven't typed anything in a while, just type a space and delete
it, to prevent your display from going to sleep. Your braille display
will go to sleep after 10 minutes of inactivity.
I use notes on the iPhone when taking notes in meetings, because if
you sync your iPhone with itunes, your notes will appear in outlook.
You can then copy the note to notepad or word and format it then save
it to your computer.
I have read braille books from BookShare and books from iBooks with my
display, both work quite well.
The only thing to keep in mind is that iOS8 has issues with bluetooth
devices. I haven't yet used my display with iOS8, so hopefully someone
who has will chime in here to let us know how braille displays perform
under iOS8.
Hope this helps,
Brett.
Sent with Siri from Brett's iPhone
On 10 Oct 2014, at 6:48 pm, Kerri Kosten <kerrik2...@gmail.com>
wrote:
Hi Everyone:
I am considering purchasing a braille display and pairing it with my
Iphone and using this as a notetaker.
Currently, I have a very old, very outdated Pacmate from 2007 that I
haven't used in like two years.
Because the cost of a traditional blindness notetaker (such as say
the
Braille Sense u2) is like $5,000 I was considering purchasing a
braille display and just paring it with my Iphone.
Does anyone do this and if so how does it work for you?
Is it a viable option?
How does it do when you have to take notes in an hour-long class or
meeting?
Do most of the braille displays have a way for you to take notes on
them internally or do you have to use an app on the Iphone for taking
notes?
Besides being able to take notes and read them in braille, another
thing I really miss doing is reading books from say Bookshare, BARD,
or I-Books with a braille display.
Does reading novels/books from these sites work well using a braille
display and an Iphone?
Thanks,
Kerri
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